STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2047
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2447
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2447 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend the period in which an owner of a new car is exempted from obtaining a certificate of inspection, from two years to three years from the date of purchase.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Enterprise-Rent-A-Car, Alamo-Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association. Testimony in opposition was submitted by the State Department of Transportation and the Honolulu Department of Customer Services.
Your Committees find that new cars sold within the State of Hawaii are typically covered under warranties lasting a minimum of three years or thirty-six thousand miles. As Hawaii drivers do not typically exceed thirty-six thousand miles within three years of purchasing a new car, requiring drivers to obtain a certificate of inspection within two years of purchasing a new car imposes an unnecessary burden on drivers of new cars.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2447 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,
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____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair |
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